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WCDT Strips 3541 to 3545 (7th August to 11th August 2017)

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Storel:

--- Quote from: hedgie on 06 Aug 2017, 21:08 ---I suspect that a delightful tail would be a pricey add-on (although I doubt that bit would worry Hanners).

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Salesgal: "To be honest, the higher tiers get you diminishing returns in terms of features. So unless you're looking for something extremely specific, you're probably going to be happy with the Deluxe." [emphasis added]

It is now my headcanon that the Extra-Special Super Deluxe Regular Boy Custom Unlimited* has the "blue skin" and "delightful tail" options, but the price is... astronomical. :wink:

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* Not present in the shop, but available by special order.

Mad Cat:

--- Quote from: Storel on 07 Aug 2017, 15:48 ---It is now my headcanon that the Extra-Special Super Deluxe Regular Boy Custom Unlimited* has the "blue skin" and "delightful tail" options, but the price is... astronomical. :wink:

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* Not present in the shop, but available by special order.

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Astronomical or merely Pandoran?

TheEvilDog:
I think something we need to consider at the moment, and its something I think we have missed despite how important it would be toward AI rights. And that's regarding the concept of the Uncanny Valley.

If you look at the more human looking chassis, you'll notice that none of them look 100%, there's little differences that mark them as noticeably AI chassis. The vividly coloured hair, the esoteric skin tones, the neon eyes (proverbially speaking) - they're all key visual indicators that they are not human, but just different enough that they avoid the pit of the Uncanny Valley. Compare that to the AI who operated out of the Skate Park, many of whom fitted into the 1950s aesthetic similar to Forbidden Planet's Robby the Robot or the Robot from Lost In Space, in a way that the QC AI like Punchbot look almost cute in their mechanical kind of way.

It seems to me that Ellicott-Chatham Inc. must have realised what an effect the Uncanny Valley would have had on the emerging AI rights movement and introduced more advanced chassis that were realistic enough that people don't bat an eyelid, but distinct enough that people won't feel disturbed by them.

I mean, to take three real world examples and for the moment, endow them with real AI, which of them do you think would garner greater support for AI rights:
ASIMO, the robot produced by Honda?
Or
The Actroid, produced by Osaka University?
Or
Nadine, a robotic receptionist, designed and created by Nanyang Technical University in Singapore?

So it does seem that Jeph is subtly showing how AI may have gained their rights without intimidating Humanity.

Either that or I'm thinking way too much at 3am....

(Fixed Nadine's tag -Method)

Method of Madness:
Fun fact, the original boyfriend chassis was how I learned the term "Uncanny Valley".

hedgie:
Well, I think that some chassis may pass as human more easily than others.  In strip 2009, Padma mistakes Momo for human, as did Sam a couple of strips later.  Also, IIRC, Jeph stated in a newspost that she would pass for human under casual inspection. 

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